Newspaper-file.



PATENTED AUG."7, 1906. H. L. SNYDER, DEOD.

M. M. 0. SNYDER, ADMINISTRATRIX.

NEWSPAPER FILE.-

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.11, 1905.

III] II/ 1 THE mores-m PETERS cm, WASHINGTON, pic.

QUTTEE STATES .PAzr-Eiir MARTHA M. C. SNYDER, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYEV'KNI'A, ADMINIS- TRATRIX OF HENRY L. SNYDER, DECEASED.

NEWSPAPER-FILE.

"Specification of Letters..Patent.

. .Patented. Auga'Y IQOIG.

T0 all whom, it=m0ty concern:

ceased/late a citizen of the'United 'States,

resi'ding at Lancaster, in'the county of Lan-.

caster and State of Pennsylvania, did invent new and useful Im rovements in Newspaper-.

Files, ofwhich the ollowing is a specificatlon.

This inventionrelatesto improvements in a news aper-file of thatclass in whichtwo parallel rods-or bars are placed one-above the otherand so'arranged that they may be broughtcloser together or farther separated v teeth c similar in form butoppositely'dis- 'from' each other and securely held in place.

The Object of-the invention is the production of=a simple and effectivenewspaper-file, that will securely hold, in the order oftheir dates, the desired number of newspapers,

binding them together as in'book form'for convenient reference,-being especially adapt-5 ed to be used in establishments where daily 7 v i lower ends 4 rigidly secured into the body: of

newspapers are I printed.

v The purposes of the invention are attained by the mechanism, devices, and means illuss, s1m1 trated in the accompanying drawin lar reference characters designating liie parts throughout the several views, inwhich- Figure 1 is a top view or plan of the completed newspaper-file referred to in the opening paragraph hereto, with the central portion broken away for want of room in the drawings, showing portions of filed newsapers 1n position thereon; Fig-2, a central ongitudinal vertical section of the device shown in Fig. 1 with the newspapers removed; Fig. 3, a vertical cross-section taken through the point :10 of the right-hand end of the upper bar shown in Fig. 1, showing the rigidlyaflixed vertical standard in outer edge elevation; Fig. 4, a left-hand end elevation of the upper and lower bars, showing the pivoted standard in outer edge elevation; and Fig. 5, a vertical cross-section of the lower and upper bars, taken on the point y in Fig. 1, show ing a paper-retaining pin in position.

As shown in the drawings, the newspaperiile of this invention comprises two parallel rods or bars A B of the required dimensions lower one, A, constituting the base' or support- Be it--known that HENRY Lil-SNYDER, de-

ing bar and the upper on-e, B,'the press or pap er ret aining bar. Onthe right hanil en'd of thebar-HS: is erected: 2LPBTp6Ildl01il3;Il-y dlS posed standard A =with its"foot rigidly-secured in placeby'rivet pins or --screws*a and having formed in its vertical inner edge upwardly-stopping ratchet notches oriteeth *a/ and to the leftlhand i endof said b'ar is journaled or pivoted, by means ofa: rivet in or screw a a standard Alhavirigformetfiin its vertical inner edge ratchet notch'es or posedto the notches or teeth (1/ before mene tioned, said notches or -teeth' ad-apting said standards to adjustably support the outer i ends of the bar B as' will hereinafter b'e more fully explained. At thexrequired points one being on each side of the center thereof z are erected tubular filin'g pins A A with their the bar 'A' and i having their upper-- ends m formed tapering to readily piercev the folded edges of the newspapers on being -filed thereon, and :the bores '0? of sai'd ;.pi-ns=arevadapted to receive the strands of fitwinegpassmg said strands readily through the punctured sheets, whereby said sheets may belboun d together on being removed, forming volumes which may be stored for convenient future reference.

The bar B is formed with comically-tapering ends I) I), having mounted thereon tubular sleeves B B, provided with inturned ring-flanges b b overlying said ends, which ends are axially bored out, the right-hand end to a greater depth than the left-hand one, into which bores are neatly fitted tubes B B of the required dimensions. In the bores of these tubes, movable back and forth therein, are arranged suitable shafts or bolts B 13*, secured in operative position by plugscrews b with their inner extremities in engagement with notches b permitting slight longitudinal but no rotary motion. In the forward ends of these bolts are formed slots b 5 engaged by the standards A A respectively, and within the slots the bolts are formed with latch-catches b b, respectively, in engagement with the ratchet-teeth a a of said standards A A the bolt 13 having in contact with its inner end a coiled spring, B holding its latch-catch b in engagement with the desired teeth a, and its outer end is provided with a knob B to manipulate said bolt B In the outer end of the bolt B is arranged a coiled spring B which engaging against the outer edge of the standard A serves to press said standard inward, bringing the desired one of its ratchet-teeth a into en agement with the latch-catch b of said b0 t B, the bolt having integrally formed at its outer extremity a manipulating knob or button B in its axis a bore for the insertion of the spring B and a plug-screw 5 serves coiled springs B B, said bar B may be raised or lowered to any required point to compress and securely hold in place the filed papers, and the bar may be entirely removed for the purpose of taking papers from the file or placing additional papers thereon or therein. Instead of removing thebar B its righthand end may be lifted free from the standard A, and by reason of the pivot-joint at the lower endof the standard A the bar may be longitudinally rotated on said pivot-joint,

freeing its body from the central filing-pins,

and when thus freed papers may be removed from the file and additional papers placed in position thereon. r

The invention having been thus ascertained and described and the manner in which its functions are performed fully shown and set forth, what is considered new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In a newspaper-file, in combination, the lower bar A, having the lower end, rigidlysecured, right-hand-end standard A, with the inner ed e ratchet-teeth a; the lowerend-pivoted, eft-hand-end standard A with the inner-edge ratchet-teeth a and the lower-end, rigidly-secured, aper-filing pins A A the upper bar B wit the back-andforth movable bolts B B mounted in the ends of said latter bar, said bolts having the slots 1) b engaging on the standards A A with the latch-catches b b to engage on the ratchet-teeth a a of said standards, substantially as described and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. In a newspaper-file of the character described, with the two parallel bars arranged one above the other, the lower bar having the end standards with the inner-edge ratchet-teeth as described, and the upper bar having the back-and-forth movable bolts mounted in the ends thereof, said bolts having the vertical slots b b engaging on said standardsythe combination with said bolts having the latch-catches b 6 within said slots, of the coiled springs B B arranged in connection with said bolts and standards pressing said catches into engagement with the ratchet-teeth of the standards, substantially as described and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTHA M. C. SNYDER, Administratriw of the estate ofHenry L. Sny- (167,, deceased.

'Witnesses:

BENJAMIN F. DAVIS. FRED. P. MEUTZER. 

